Product Description

With wit, candor, and boundless enthusiasm, Valerie V. Lewis and Walter M. Mayes have selected more than 2,000 wonderful books for children from birth to age 12. Here is the most useful, candid, and convenient guide to children's literature ever published, featuring in-depth reviews, concise ratings, tips for finding the perfect book for your child, and mountains of essential hints and sound advice to help you pass along the gift of reading to the next generation.This fully revised and updated edition includes:

From stories that babies can literally chew on, to the very best choices for bridging the gap between listening and reading, to the right books to tempt an adamant nonreader, this truly is the last word on children's reading and the first book a parent should buy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #543890 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 543 pages

From School Library Journal
In this revised edition of the 1998 guide, fiction and nonfiction are organized by age and subject for children up through about 12 years, including books for family reading. Interest/listening level is differentiated from reading level. Sidebars and inserts include additional information about books, themes or ideas, authors, and more as well as additional commentary by Mayes or Lewis. Frequently asked questions (with answers) provide additional advice for parents. While the volume is thick, the tone is chatty and the format open. Additional resources to learn more about bookmaking and to help evaluate and choose books are appended. - Maria B. Salvadore, formerly at Washington DC Public Library
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From Booklist
True to the subtitle, the tone is enthusiastic, committed, and informal in this introduction to children's books for parents, teachers, and other interested adults. Valerie owns a children's bookstore; Walter is a storyteller. Together they talk about more than 2,000 books, arranged by age-level from birth to 14. In addition, there are lots of sidebars, quotes, "spotlights" on authors, and commonsense advice about how to get kids to read without preaching about it. The YA section is thin, but the children's selections are excellent, celebratory without being cute, a handy reference even for those who know the books. Shelve this with Betsy Hearne's Choosing Books for Children (1990) and Eden Ross Lipson's New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children (1991). Hazel Rochman

Ingram
Two of America's leading experts on children's books present a unique, definitive, and entertaining guide to quality children's reading--a user-friendly analysis of more than 2,000 books for children from birth to age thirteen. Media tour.